subject: Top 5 best selling books of 2010 voted by New Zealanders [print this page] Top 5 best selling books of 2010 voted by New Zealanders
1. Annabel Langbein: The Free Range Cook
Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook is the companion cookbook to the international TV series of the same name. With more than 150 recipes from the TV show, this gorgeous cookbook shares the secrets of Annabel Langbein's free range cooking style and shows how easy it is to put together home-cooked food with very little effort.
Photographed in the stunning surrounds of New Zealand's Southern Alps, The Free Range Cook is much more than a recipe book. Luscious spreads capture Annabel gathering the freshest fruit and vegetables from her lakeside garden and sourcing the best seasonal ingredients from local producers. Essays written by Annabel and interspersed throughout the book provide the reader with an insight into her cooking passions, and menu spreads offer dishes for every dining occasion.
2. The Big Quake: Canterbury 4th Sept 2010
At 4.35am on Saturday 4 September 2010, Canterbury andits people were changed forever. The Press journalists lookback at the earthquake and the days after, one of the region'smost momentous weeks - and the miracle of survival thataccompanied it.Highly illustrated, this book is a poignant record of themassive earthquake and its impact on Canterbury - bothphysical and emotional. It includes an outline of the quakeand its aftershocks, personal stories from locals, the sciencebehind the quake and many excellent photographs taken byphotographers from The Press.
The emphasis is on the positive way the city and region copedwith this disaster. The quake and its aftermath will be studiedand analysed for years to come. For New Zealand it is aresounding wake-up call.For Cantabrians, whether they suffered damage or not, theearthquake of September 4 was a shatt ering experience neverto be forgotten.
3. Quake: The Big Canterbury Earthquake of 2010
The devastating earthquake which hit the Canterbury region on 4 September 2010 tore apart the homes and the lives of thousands of people.
It forever changed the face of the Garden City of Christchurch, New Zealand's second-largest city.
These graphic images of Christchurch and the surrounding districts in the days after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake show the power and destructive force of Mother Nature.
4. Last Sacrifice (Vampire Academy #6)
The final novel in Richelle Mead's epic series aboutmurder, love, jealousy and the ultimate sacrifice. With Rose on trial for her life and Lissa first in line for the Royal Throne, nothing will ever be the same between them.
5. Towers of Midnight (Wheel of Time #13)
This is the penultimate novel of Robert Jordan's #1 New York Times bestselling series: the second of three based on materials he left behind when he died in 2007. The book brings dramatic and compelling developments to many threads in the Pattern.
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